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Using Lyman-alpha to detect galaxies that leak Lyman continuum
- Verhamme, Anne (author)
- Orlitova, Ivana (author)
- Schaerer, Daniel (author)
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- 2015-05-22
- 2015
- English.
- In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. - : EDP Sciences. - 0004-6361 .- 1432-0746. ; 578
- Journal article (peer-reviewed)
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- Aims. We propose to infer the output of the ionising continuum-leaking properties of galaxies based upon their Ly alpha line profiles. Methods. We carried out Ly alpha radiation transfer calculations in two models of H II regions. These models are porous to ionising continuum escape: 1) we define Lyman-continuum (LyC) optically thin star clusters, in which massive stars produce enough ionising photons to keep the surrounding interstellar medium transparent to the ionising continuum, in other words, almost totally ionised; and 2) we define riddled ionisation-bounded media that are surrounded by neutral interstellar medium, but have holes, which results in a covering fraction lower than unity. Results. The Ly alpha spectra that emerge from these configurations have distinctive features: 1) a classical asymmetric redshifted profile in the first case, but with a small shift of the profile maximum compared to the systemic redshift (v(peak) <= 150 km s(-1)); 2) a main peak at the systemic redshift in the second case (v(peak) = 0), with a non-zero Ly alpha flux bluewards of the systemic redshift as a consequence. If in a galaxy that leaks ionising photons the Ly alpha component that emerges from the leaking star cluster(s) is assumed to dominate the total Ly alpha spectrum, the Ly alpha shape may be used as a pre-selection tool for detecting LyC-leaking galaxies in objects with high spectral resolution Ly alpha spectra (R >= 4000). Our predictions are corroborated by examination of a sample of ten local starbursts with high-resolution HST/COS Ly alpha spectra that are known in the literature as LyC leakers or leaking candidates. Conclusions. Observations of Ly alpha profiles at high resolution are expected to show definite signatures revealing the escape of Lyman-continuum photons from star-forming galaxies.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik -- Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences -- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology (hsv//eng)
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- line: profiles
- radiative transfer
- galaxies: ISM
- ultraviolet: galaxies
- galaxies: kinematics and dynamics
- galaxies: star clusters: general
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